Arts Pitch Email: October 23 - 27

Check On It: Arts & Culture Pitches

October 25, 2017

What time is it? IT'S ARTS 'N CULTURE PITCHES TIME!

A coffee break for your eyeballs

Hey! Hope midterms aren't consuming your life the way they are mine. If you've got some time to spare or just want an excuse to step away from your required readings, have some pitches via your weekly post-meeting arts and culture pitch email. (ICYMI: Arts & Culture meetings are Tuesdays in SUB 3-04 at 3:00 PM.)Also, here's your weekly reminder to pitch me any ideas you have! I'd love to hear them. Especially for the following columns:

  • Diss Track: Are there 3-4 songs that grind your gears in the worst way possible? Diss the crap out of them in this column. 

  • Brew Crew/Vino Bitches: A fun, 150- to 350-word review of your favourite (or not-so-favourite) beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverage of choice.

  • Noodle Nation: Who loves noodles? You (might) love noodles. Write 450 to 500 words on your favourite noodle (ramen, pho, other long stringy flour-y food) haunts for this column.

  • DatApp: Have an app that’s been a game- or life-changer? Wax eloquently about it (or a few of your favourites) in a short 150- to 350-word installment for this column.

  • Top 5: Top 5 study spots, places to cry in public, late-night post-exam diners...you name it, you can write a Top 5 on it! 50-200 words per Thing In The Top 5.

  • Emoji of the Week: This one’s self-explanatory. Trawl your recently used emojis and sing praise about it and why other people should worship it as The Best Emoji too.

  • Fashion Streeters: If you love walking up to people and asking them about their cool outfits, this one’s for you. Q & A format. Consider pairing up with a photo volunteer or taking your own pics!

  • Doin’ You: Everyone has something they do exceptionally well. Wanna teach others your wizardry? Walk us step-by-step through the process of a master for this column.

  • Playlists: Have killer musical taste? Share it on The Gateway with a curated playlist. 

  • Group Commentaries/Roundtables: Grab a bunch of friends and do a collaborative article where you all contribute your input on a single topic, whether that’s a new film, album, or book.

  • ...AND MORE! You can also pitch me your own column ideas if you want to write your own or if you've seen any awesome movies/heard any music/read any books/played any games/eaten any food etc., let me know. 

Lemme know at [email protected] if these pique your interest.

 

Stories picked up from here are generally due Fridays at 11:59 PM. Read on for this week's 很好 pitches. 

The University of Alberta will host an exhibit in the Fine Arts Building Gallery from October 24 - November 10, 2017, featuring the artwork of

and

 Opening reception will be held at 7 PM on October 26 in FAB. Admission is free. If you'd like to

review 'em

, let me know!

Review: Leah Abramson's album + graphic novel Songs for a Lost Pod

Songs For a Lost Pod is Leah Abramson’s fourth album, and a song cycle that combines scientific research, orca vocalizations, and marine mammal history. Told from the perspective of various whale species, the songs explore themes of inter-species communication, inter-generational trauma, and grief for a polluted planet. Songs For a Lost Pod highlights separation — both animal and human — to one another and to the natural world, with the goal of re-connection through musical communication. Review both in advance of the November 3 release date!

Review: Oil-painted feature film Loving Vincent

Loving Vincent is the world’s first fully oil-painted feature film.  Its 65,000 frames were hand-painted by a team of 125 professional artists. It was first shot as a live action film with actors, and then painted over frame-by-frame. A labor of love, it took directors Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman six years to bring this story of Vincent van Gogh to screen. Featuring letters van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo – and including re-imagined van Gogh paintings and computer-generated animation – the story takes place a year after the artist died from a supposedly self-inflicted gunshot wound. Review the film with our copy and let us know your thoughts!

Album review: Robert Plant's Carry Fire

Robert Anthony Plant is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He's best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin, which is p nuts. A powerful and wide vocal range has given him a successful singing career spanning over 50 years. We got a copy of his eleventh solo album and first full-length release since 2014’s acclaimed 

lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar

, 

Carry Fire

. Sound interesting? You know what to do:

RE! VIEW! THAT! ISH!

with our comp copy.

Album review: dvsn's Morning After

dvsn is a Canadian R&B duo, composed of Daniel Daley and Nineteen85. The group is signed to OVO Sound, and they just released this album that literally came straight to my inbox with a complimentary copy but with no other description. If you'd like to review this, please do. We have a freeeeee free free copy that you can use for your writing, which is probably the best part of reviewing records. Right? Right. I have this thing where I like every text block to be the same length, so I'm stalling the eff out of this.

Album review: Trivium's The Sin and the Sentence

In life, two options exist: death or growth. On their eighth full-length offering The Sin and The Sentence [Roadrunner Records], Trivium choose the latter once again. In fact, the record represents an apotheosis of every element that at once defined the Florida group since its 1999 formation. Moments of malevolent melodicism give way to taut technical thrash, black metal expanse, punk spirit, and heavy heart tightly threaded together by the musical union of the quartet. Review ittt (and get it free)!